Pictured: New waste mountain offers rubbish view
This festering tower of rubbish prompted environmental health officers to play detective and track down those responsible.
Dozens of black bags containing rotting household waste were piled high to around 7ft outside an empty house.
After clearing up the waste, Birmingham City Council's environmental health team have sifted through the bags and have traced where much of the rubbish has come from.
They will now be knocking on doors to grill residents living in Acocks Green.
Councillor John O'Shea, who represents Acocks Green, was alerted to the rubbish mountain following a complaint from a resident living on the road.
He tweeted a picture of the mountain of rubbish and posted: "I understand this pile is being reduced right now, thanks to action by @ehbham supporting Acocks Green residents."
"The rubbish was piled high - I have never seen anything like it at a property before. I received a complaint from a resident so I contacted the environmental health team.
"They contacted the landlord and told him enforcement action would be carried out if the rubbish wasn't removed. The landlord organised for a dumper truck to come along to get rid of the household rotting rubbish.
"But in the defence of the landlord it appears that the majority of the household rubbish wasn't from his property. Searches have been carried out in the bags and it appears a lot of the rubbish originates from residents in the locality who have decided to dump their own household waste on it adding to the growing daily height of the rubbish.
"They will be receiving a visit from an environmental health officer," he added.
People living nearby claimed that previous tenants had left the property in a bad state and the landlord had decided to gut the property as well as carry out building work.
One neighbour, who didn't want to be named, said: "It has been in that state for over a month since the last family who were renting the property left. The pile has been getting higher and higher.
"I think the property was left in a bad condition and it looks like the landlord has stripped the property inside and has carried out some building work. The building waste is still there but our main concern was the household rubbish as we feared there could be a rat infestation. Fortunately the household rubbish has been cleared now."
